Molly had lost track of how much time that she and Gabriel had spent in their room. It wasn't until there was a light knock at the door did both Molly and Gabriel "rejoin" reality.
"What?"
Gabriel snapped at the person on the other side of the door. After a moment Jack's voice came from the other side.
"Sam and Dean are back and asked me to come make sure that you two were here and decent."
Gabriel gave Molly an annoyed expression before he stood to look around for his abandoned pants.
"Yeah, we're here. How did they get back so fast?"
Gabriel asked through the door. Jack was quiet a moment before replying,
"Um, you two have been in here for like 3 days."
Gabriel blinked before looking back to Molly with his signature smirk.
"Oh well, what do you know? We'll be out in a minute Jack."
Molly half expected Gabriel to give Jack some snarky comment that he would have given Sam or Dean. When he didn't Molly gave him an approving expression as she quickly redressed herself. Gabriel looked over his shoulder at her as he walked to the door.
"I guess I have a soft spot for the kid."
Molly didn't respond as she followed Gabriel down that the hall. Walking into the library, Sam and Dean sat with books in front of them. Molly didn't have to make a peep to know that they were working on another case already. She didn't dare look at Gabriel. Molly knew that his brain was going into hyper drive with the thought of Molly going on another hunt.
Dean looked up taking a set of ear plugs out of his ears. Gabriel rolled his eyes at the eldest Winchester.
"Oh please, we weren't that loud!"
Dean nodded with wide eyes.
"You two may want to go get your hearing checked then. Why do you think Cas split?"
"I didn't hear anything."
Jack stated in his usual polite manner. Dean gave the boy an annoyed look.
"And that is how my brilliant plan went up in smoke."
Dean grumbled before leaning back in his chair. Gabriel chuckled.
"That is what you get for trying to pull on over on me. Glad someone around here is honest. Don't worry Dean, we won't be hearing wither of us for a while."
Jack looked up, clearly concerned. Molly quickly intervened when she felt felt Jack's anxiety shoot up.
"It's okay Jack. We are just going away for a bit. Nothing serious."
Dean looked a bit worried to.
"So with everything that is going on you two are going off on a honeymoon?"
Gabriel shrugged.
"You two are working on another case. I think we will be good to go off and fu…"
Molly's eyes widened as she reached out putting her hand over the archangel's mouth. Jack blinked and tilted his head.
"I read about what is involved with bonding."
"Well that's great kid. We don't want to know!"
Dean snapped before looking back to Gabriel and Molly.
"On second thought you two knock yourselves out! I will pack you both a bag if you want?"
Gabriel, having enough of the conversation, had went into another room leaving Molly alone.
"That is thoughtful Dean but I don't think we will be needing much clothes."
Sam and Dean automatically groaned while Jack went back to his book not saying a word. Dean stood up. This conversation warranted a beer! Originally his intention for this conversation was to do some ball busting and embarrass the hell out of Molly. His intentions went down the tube and his fun conversation came back and kicked him in the ass.
Walking back into the room Dean sighed before looking back to Molly. She was sitting next to Jack whispering about something.
"Molly, just be careful while your gone. I know Gabriel is 100% again but I'm still a bit concerned."
Molly looked up.
"We'll be fine Dean."
Dean crossed his arms over his chest.
"I would feel more comfortable if you knew how to use your grace better. I'm afraid if push comes to shove you might panic."
Molly didn't say anything as Gabriel walked back in the room.
"He's right sugar."
Molly's eyes widened as she looked back to her lover.
"I will be fine Gabriel."
The archangel didn't look too convinced as he looked at Molly's annoyed expression. Jack sat looking between the two cautiously. Gabriel wouldn't dare admit it but this is why God made his big spill about nephilim being a bad idea. When it came to nephilim there were two types. One was more than willing to whip out their grace and attack someone with little to no thought about it. They went on pure instinct. The second was like Molly; they didn't want to hurt anyone and didn't know how to use their grace properly. Looking at Jack, Gabriel was puzzled. Jack seemed to be the exception to the rule. He wasn't like type 1 or type 2. He was in that weird buffer zone.
"Yeah, I'm not buying that sugar. Come on. You too Jack, you both need to learn something."
Molly and Jack were exchanging inquisitive and wary expressions. When they didn't move, Gabriel glanced over his shoulder.
"Now princess."
Taking a deep breath, Molly stood following Gabriel outside. Whatever he had going on up his sleeve wasn't good and she was worried. Sam and Dean quickly followed looking as equally curious.
"Jack, Molly stand right there. Sam you are Dean go all the way over there."
Gabriel said calmly before walking about fifteen feet away from everyone else. He turned looking back at Molly and Jack. Part of him felt guilty about what he was about to do but the other part knew this was for the best. Molly needed to learn how to use her own powers. She couldn't always depend on him for protection. Gabriel had the best of intentions to being her protector but what if they were separated for whatever reason? Molly would have to know how to handle herself!
At this point in time there was no way possible that Molly would be able to stand up to Lucifer on her own. Gabriel knew that his brother would snap her like a twig! Her nephilim status of being more powerful than the angel that sired her wouldn't make much of a difference at the present time.
"All right, Molly I want you to attack me."
Molly's and Jack's mouths dropped at the exact same time. Sam and Dean meanwhile, were looking at Gabriel like he had completely lost his mind.
"Wh-what?"
Molly managed to choke out. Gabriel kept his voice as calm as possible. The last thing that he needed to do at the moment was completely lose Molly.
"You heard me."
Molly started shaking her head quickly. Jack reached over gently squeezing her forearm.
"Gabriel, we should find another way."
Jack said softly. From the devastated expression on Molly's face, Jack needed to do something! Jack hated that expression on Molly's face.
"Jack, you both have to learn to use your grace. Now Molly."
When Molly didn't move Gabriel sighed. His golden eyes darkened for a moment before he spoke again.
"Fine, if you want to be difficult."
Snapping his fingers Gabriel instantly shape shifted into none other then Asmodeus. Both Sam and Dean's eyes widened. Jack gasped before reaching out and grabbing Molly who had her hands over her eyes now.
"Molly it's okay!"
Gabriel said as he changed back into himself. Realizing what a stupid thing he had done, Gabriel quickly walked over to Molly and Jack. He gently reached out cupping Molly's pale cheeks.
"Sugar, I'm sorry. That was just…"
Molly stepped out of his grasp with a cold expression on her face.
"The meanest thing you could do."
She turned storming back into the bunker without another word. Sam looked after her a moment before looking back to Gabriel.
"Jeez that was cold, even for your standards."
Dean nodded.
"I was going to say that I thought you had changed but I'm not now. You're still a dick."
Dean too turned and walked back into the bunker. Jack and Gabriel stood in awkward silence for a few moments. Frowning, Jack turned to his uncle.
"Was that wise?"
Gabriel was standing with his hands on his hips.
"Apparently not. Hey kid want to learn a new lesson?"
Jack looked slightly uneasy.
"That depends."
Gabriel rolled his eyes.
"This lesson is the gift of kissing ass."
Jack quickly took off after Gabriel following him into the bunker. Gabriel quickly walked to his and Molly's room knocking on the door.
"Molly, let me in."
"Go away!"
Molly shouted from the other side of the door. Gabriel sighed realizing how badly he messed up. The depressed vibes that Molly was giving off were enough to make Gabriel want to rip his own hair out. He was supposed to make her happy not make her feel like this!
"Sugar, please. That was wrong and I should have never done something that would mess with you like that. I just want you to be…"
"GET LOST feathers!"
Gabriel froze instantly starring at the door with wide eyes. Without looking at Jack, Gabriel knew that his nephew was looking at him with squinted eyes.
"So is this how you make up? You say you are sorry until she gets so annoyed she finally lets you back in?"
Scowling, Gabriel turned to face Jack.
"No…well yes… I don't know kid! Why are you standing here watching?"
Jack pointed toward the door casually.
"You told me to come watch you kiss ass. I have to admit that sounds a little wrong in so many ways."
Gabriel sighed.
"All right Commander Spock go do whatever you do."
Over the next two days Gabriel made many attempts to get Molly to forgive him. Each one failed miserably and resulted in Molly not coming out of her bedroom and forbidding Gabriel from coming in.
Dean sat at the table one morning with a giant bowl of cereal in front of him. He looked up when Molly walked into the room with a frown on her face. She looked around the room carefully before sitting down across from Dean.
"Don't worry lover boy isn't here."
Dean said between bites. Molly nodded as Sam joined them magazine in hand.
"Good. His attempts of making up is getting stranger by the day."
Dean smirked.
"Yeah? Do share?"
Molly looked thoughtful for a moment.
"Well for starters, he used a Sharpie to color angry faces on a whole bag of pistachios and called them "Pissed-achios." After that it was the traditional flowers, candy, and stuffed animals. After that things went to hell. Here's the listing of what happened. He bought me a puppy wearing a bow, decided to write me some crazy poetry that was sexual in nature, oh lets not forget the karaoke apology."
Sam and Dean were both shaking their heads in unison. Before Molly could say another word a little red envelope appeared in front of her. Molly looked down taking a deep breath.
"Aw crap, here we go!"
Dean looked at her a moment as he stood up to take his bowl to the sink.
"Better get it over with."
Once he was out of the room, Sam looked to Molly.
"Maybe this will be a normal apology letter."
Molly gave Sam a doubtful expression.
"Yeah, look who we are talking about. Might as well get it over with."
She carefully opened the letter only to be met with loud screeching of an apology. Molly slammed the little envelope closed as Dean came running in with the broom.
"What the hell was that?"
Molly was looking at the envelope with wide petrified eyes. Sam meanwhile, was looking at her with a frown before bursting into laughter. Both Molly and Dean gaped at Sam for a few moments before finally speaking.
"Sam, what is so funny?"
Molly asked softy. Sam had to put his hand over his face a moment before finally being able to speak fully.
"Its a howler"
Dean and Molly again exchanged confused expressions.
"What the hell is a howler?"
Dean snapped. Sam laughed a few more times before finally calming down enough to talk.
"In Harry Potter…."
Dean held up a hand.
"Ugh say no more! I don't need to be in your nerd fest."
Sam looked back to Molly carefully.
"A howler…well its not typically romantic in any sense."
Molly stood keep the envelope closed as much as possible.
"Yeah, I'm good. You don't have to say any more. I am just going to take this screaming thing and burn it."
Molly had been in her room for maybe half an hour when Gabriel came walking back into the bunker. He didn't have his stereotypical smirk on his face. Dean looked up before leaning back in his chair.
"I am so glad that you are not my soul mate."
Gabriel raised an eyebrow.
"Yeah, me too."
Dean chuckled.
"You really think that a howler is way to a woman's heart?"
Gabriel's smirk instantly fell.
"I thought that she would find it funny."
Dean rolled his eyes.
"Yeah, she found that to be a real hoot. You scared the living shit out of her and me. Sam was the one that found it funny. Should I leave you two alone for a while?"
Both Gabriel and Sam looked at each other for a moment before looking in opposite directions.
"That's just wrong."
Gabriel muttered before heading in the direction of his and Molly's room.
"Good luck Gabe!"
Dean called before sitting down across from Sam silently laughing.
Gabriel meanwhile, stood outside of his and Molly's door looking at the door handle with a frown. He understood why she was upset. It all made sense to him. Molly hated Asmodeus as much as he did and making himself look like the demon piece of shit was probably stupid. Gabriel rolled his eyes at that thought. Probably stupid didn't even do enough justice.
"Molly?"
Gabriel said her name quietly. He was thinking hard about what would have happened if Molly hadn't shown up. Gabriel knew he would still be in a shell shocked state. Molly was everything to him! He hated standing outside the door sensing all of her emotions and not being able to get to her. Gabriel knew that he could bust through the door and force cuddle her but that wouldn't get him anywhere. Force cuddles never worked out for anyone!
"Its open."
Molly's voice was soft. Gabriel didn't need anymore encouragement to go inside. Walking into the bedroom Gabriel quickly shut the door before turning back to Molly. She sat on the bed with her legs drawn to her chest. Her blue eyes rolled up to him clearly waiting for Gabriel to speak.
"Molly, about these past few days…"
Molly held a hand up.
"If you are about to give me another one of those howlers I am going to slug you."
Gabriel smirked.
"Nah, no more Harry Potter apologies from me. Archangel's promise!"
When Molly smiled Gabriel felt a little more promised.
"Is that supposed to be like Scout's honor?"
Molly asked. Gabriel rolled his eyes.
"I think I sound better than a boy scout, just saying sugar. Hey what happened to the puppy?"
Molly pointed to the corner of the room where the corgi puppy sat in the corner in a puppy bed.
"I'm keeping him no matter what Dean says. Dean can bit me…or try."
Gabriel smirked.
"Of course. If he tries anything it will be kind of dumb. Guess I have some stuff to talk to you about."
Molly let her legs stretch out before moving so Gabriel could sit down.
"Yes, you do."
Gabriel sat down before reaching out and taking her hand in his. He ran his thumbs over her knuckles before looking back to Molly's face.
"Molly, what I did was stupid. I thought that if you saw Asmodeus it would encourage you to use your grace."
Molly frowned.
"Gabriel, it was crazy for you to think that I could or would attack you. You should have known that I couldn't do that. Gabe, I know that you don't have a lot of faith in my abilities right now but when push comes to shove I can do a lot of stuff. I've had to do it before I can do it again. I hate Asmodeus more than anyone on this planet for what he's done to you. He's going to pay for that someday."
Gabriel frowned.
"I know. I'm sorry. I don't know what else I can do 0short of having that American Idol Reuben Studdard show up and start singing that god awful I'm sorry song."
Molly started shaking her head quickly.
"Please don't do that! I'll accept your apology just so you won't do that!"
Gabriel leaned back with a smile. He knew that Molly had foreign him at a this point.
"Okay baby, no singing American Idol failure for you."
The two sat in silence for a moment before Gabriel looked over at her.
"Molly, a second ago you said you have used your grace before and would do it again….what do you mean by that?"
Molly's face darkened before she climbed on Gabriel's lap. Placing one leg on either side of his body, she snuggled her face into his neck.
"Just mean kids when I was little. They knew how to push me. I used to take their crap until one day I just snapped. I really hurt them. After that my grandma decided that it was time to home school me and keep me away from other people. I was just too…different."
Gabriel's expression was dark. He sat quietly for a moment before he began speaking again.
"Stupid kids. They didn't realize how wonderful of a creature you are. Do you happen to now where any of them are now?"
Molly poked her head up.
"Gabriel you can't go smite them just because they picked on me."
Gabriel blinked a few times.
"I can do whatever I want. They need their just desserts."
Molly sighed, knowing that talking him out of this was going to be a lost cause. She snuggled her face against his.
"Can you just focus on use right now? Just focus with me on your lap….us making up…Gabriel!"
Gabriel's golden eyes returned back to their normal state.
"Well I am all for making up!"